The United States Navy has a tradition of naming many of its popular ships after U.S. presidents. Here are five that stand ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

Alice Miller, 104, had her WWII uniform added to museum in Gibsonburg. World War II U.S. Navy nurse’s uniform in Northcoast ...

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

The underwater predators sank Allied ships faster than ... was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for the Navy task group. German Capt.

American survivors of the Battle of Leyte Gulf are rescued by a U.S. Navy ship on Oct. 26, 1944. (National Archives) At 10:05 a.m., Roberts sank, taking with it 89 men, including Carr, who died ...

“I was based on that ship for one year ... because of the need for nurses in the Navy,” Postlethwait said. “Women who served as nurses in WWII never had the grade over captain.

On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...

Nadeau had been stationed aboard a Landing Craft Support ship in the Lingayen Gulf ... WATCH RELATED: News 8 interview with U.S. Navy WWII veteran Gilbert Nadeau about Spirit of '45 and more ...

This Naval fleet of nearly 100 ships replicates iconic vessels from World War II to modern times, including the Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier, Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer, and Project 971 Class ...

Secretary of Navy Carlos Del Toro salutes in the rain ... the first Jewish rabbi to volunteer for naval service during World War II and the first to be promoted to an O-6 rank.